Bill Text: PA HB103 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting any municipal pension or retirement system in a city of the first or second class from denying certain benefits to surviving spouses of firefighters or certain employees upon a subsequent remarriage of the surviving spouse; and making related repeals.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-28 - Referred to FINANCE [HB103 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB103-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 96
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 103 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY D. O'BRIEN, ADOLPH, BARRAR, BRENNAN, COHEN, CONKLIN, GOODMAN, HUTCHINSON, KOTIK, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, RAPP, REICHLEY, SABATINA, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JANUARY 28, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 28, 2009
AN ACT
Prohibiting any municipal pension or retirement system in a city
of the first or second class from denying certain benefits to
surviving spouses of firefighters or certain employees upon a
subsequent remarriage of the surviving spouse; and making
related repeals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Prohibited conduct.
No municipal pension or retirement system in a city of the
first or second class shall deny any benefit, including pension
payments, service-connected death benefits or service-connected
health care benefits, to any surviving spouse of any firefighter
or fire department employee, including fire department
pensioners and employees of the fire department, as a result of
the remarriage or subsequent marriage of the surviving spouse.
Section 2. Repeals.
(a) Specific.--
(1) The act of May 20, 1915 (P.L.566, No.242), entitled
"An act requiring cities of the first class to establish a
pension fund for employes of said cities, and all county or
other public employes, if any, paid by appropriation of the
city councils thereof, and out of the treasury of said
cities; and regulating the administration and the payment of
such pensions," is repealed to the extent that it would act
to deny any benefit, including pension payments, service-
connected death benefits or service-connected health care
benefits to any surviving spouse of any firefighter or fire
department employee, including fire department pensioners and
employees of the fire department, as a result of the
remarriage or subsequent marriage of the surviving spouse.
(2) Section 9.2(d) of the act of May 25, 1933 (P.L.1050,
No.242), referred to as the Second Class City Firemen Relief
Law.
(b) Inconsistent.--
(1) The act of April 21, 1949 (P.L.665, No.155), known
as the First Class City Home Rule Act, is repealed insofar as
it is inconsistent with this act.
(2) All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as
they are inconsistent with this act.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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